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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Alison Bechdel inform her parents that she was gay?
(a) By telling them in person.
(b) By email.
(c) By letter.
(d) By phone call.

2. What gift did the author's mother give to Joan immediately after Bruce's funeral?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A book.
(c) A ring.
(d) A necklace.

3. Where was the author in Europe when she convinced her parents for the right to trade a tank suit for shorts at the beach?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Paris.
(c) Cannes.
(d) London.

4. What was the author's favorite page in the Wind in the Willows coloring book?
(a) The river.
(b) The map.
(c) The house.
(d) The pond.

5. As an aspect of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, what did the author avoid at all costs?
(a) Cracks in the sidewalk.
(b) Books and letters that began with "M."
(c) Newspaper articles about the war.
(d) Odd numbers and multiples of 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Bruce Bechdel been recording on the tape that the author's mother discovered after his death in Chapter 5?

2. How old was the author when her "actual obsessive-compulsive disorder began"?

3. The title of Chapter 3, ""That Old Catastrophe," is an allusion to what poem by Wallace Stevens?

4. What did Bruce Bechdel teach?

5. What word from Chapter 1 refers to skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks?

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